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[Verse] Once I got out to my front yard Saw the tree I loved fell apart Now it’s my time to put to test my heart Raising flowers in front of a tombstone I call home [Verse] Come, dear ghost Up here, bring it to me Mountains of sadness So I can cherish my glee Get up from this soil Rise up from this coffin Shaped like a baby crib [Chorus] Don’t you drag me down, seventy-six Oh my dear mountain of bricks I was born into you, but I gotta go In the end we’ve all gotta grow [Verse] You chained me down So I could find a key You dragged me ‘round So I could learn to be free Once freedom rained over me I knew who I wanted to be For I am you and you are me [Verse] Isn't this view lovely? Trapped inside black bars and concrete This beauty I have to see So many years gone by trapped here Now one last song where loneliness is turned into art In this bedroom where I always bled out my heart [Chorus] Don’t you drag me down, seventy-six Oh my dear mountain of bricks I was born into you, but I gotta go In the end we’ve all gotta grow [Chorus] Don’t you drag me down, seventy-six Oh my dear mountain of bricks I was born into you, but I gotta go In the end we’ve all gotta grow [Post-chorus] Even if we’re oceans apart We’ll be together, you and I History shall always do its part ‘cause you can’t run away From what made you who you are [Bridge] Your past is yours and it shall always be Home is a place where place sickness and age lie It’s up to you from here Home is a place where sadness and death lie The future is your only hope to be free Home is a place where loneliness and love lie [Outro] Run as far as you can, even if your body trips Move on from seventy-six